Yamaha PSS-680: How to use sequencer for polyphonic play

[@bestrickie2]

Hello, I got a PSS-680 this afternoon, I’m so pleased with him he’s in excellent condition and hardly been used.

[@bestrickie2]

Hello, it’s a stunning mean machine extremely vintage retro. I gladly owned one years ago and regret selling it. However, however, I’ve managed to get my hands on another one I’m going to collect soon at a very good price.

[@inframosch3336]

@@bestrickie2I bought it because I thought, it was useful for performing live, but it isnt‘t very intuitive. If you like Gary Numan or John Foxx sounds, please watch my Yamaha DSR-500 Videos.

[@bestrickie2]

@@inframosch3336 i’ve got more modern keyboards as well as a couple of vintage Roland keyboards, E 30 and an E 70 which are fantastic though they are extremely dated now. Yes I love the old vintage FM, linear arithmetic, GS sounds as well as the modern up-to-date sounds as I own a couple of extremely modern keyboards. What I want to do with the PSS 680 and others, it find a way of putting them through an arpeggio and also to add affects including reverb, delay, chorus and other as adding affects enhances the sound to a whole new level and therefore enhances it no end. As you may know, the PSS 680 works on the FM (frequency modulation) sound engine and has on board a type of P C M drums which are fantastic for its time period. I also want to utilise the midi facilities though my midi skills are extremely illiterate ha ha.

[@listenin007]

Wow. Had no idea you could do this and stack the melody memories like that! Thank you for sharing. Also your PSS-680 is in pristine condition!

[@inframosch3336]

Thank you! I‘m in a love/hate-relation with this machine. It‘s such a retro science fiction thing. I wish Yamaha would build a new line of PSS-Keyboards with such features, but a better sound.

[@listenin007]

@@inframosch3336 yeah, me too! Have you tried the Yamaha PSS-570? That one is another gem

[@inframosch3336]

@@listenin007 Funny! I also have a PSS-570. To me it sounds better. The direct access with the faders is a big plus. I wish it had portamento. I also own DSR-500. This thing can also be programmed with 8 parameters, and one of those is portamento. On my channel there are some videos with the DSR-500. I regret, that I have too less time to make more videos. There is so much potential in those old „toy-keyboards“, especially when you combine them with newer fx-tools, like shimmer-delays/reverbs etc. What do you do with your keyboards?

[@listenin007]

@@inframosch3336 I agree. The PSS-570 sounds way better. I use the keyboards just for fun and inspiration. They all have their peculiar sound and feel which motivates totally different tracks.

[@BeachBear64]

Mine has the keys yellowed

[@drsynthpattern]

Thank you! Can't wait to try this after work!

[@davidm3569]

Great idea 👍😁

[@RR-md9fg]

Amigo,buen aporte.segui subiendo funciones sobre este pss 680

[@inframosch3336]

Thank you. I wish, someone would build such a machine today, using the actual technical quality. A PSS 680 with the sound of a reface DX and the possibility to load your own drum samples. And the sequencer should be able to loop;-)

[@RR-md9fg]

@@inframosch3336 Yes, it would be great if that could be achieved. A question about the pss 680. I use it with the vst korg m1, it works fine for me, but the pitch bend every time I activate it alters and distorts all sounds. What is this problem due to? greetings from Argentina

[@inframosch3336]

@@RR-md9fg Do you mean, that the sounds of the m1 are distorted? Sorry, I don‘t know, I can only speculate. Maybe there are to many midi informations sent, when its activated? You could analyze it with something like midi-monitor, but that‘s tricky.

[@RR-md9fg]

@@inframosch3336 Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply and I will continue to pay attention to your content.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

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[@industrial_records]

Hello, I have a question. I'm considering buying a PSS-680 today, but I have a problem I can't find an answer to, can I use this MIDI-enabled keyboard in programs like "FL Studio", "Mixcraft" - to play instruments in the program?

[@inframosch3336]

Yes, the PSS-680 is sending midi-notes and data. Online you can get manuals with the midi implementation. I used mine to play drumsounds in an iPad App. I don‘t know anything about FL-Studio, but if you can configure the midi-input-channels, it should be no problem

[@industrial_records]

@@inframosch3336 Thank you very much, you have been very helpful ❤️